‘The prime concern of the cardiovascular system is tissue perfusion, with blood pressure and blood flow therefore being of critical importance. These are influenced by a number of factors, with...
A combination of literature reviews and study trials were examined to investigate the appropriate use of clopidogrel in the prehospital environment. Documentation was collected from the EBSCOHost...
A literature search was undertaken in August, 2019, using EBSCO Host, ProQuest and PubMed databases. Two search strategies were adopted: the first sought to identify peer-reviewed articles relating to...
A 45-year-old female presented to the emergency department following multiple stings from a jellyfish. She was attempting to swim across ‘The Minch’—at the point of her crossing, this is a 25-mile...
Blood acidity, measured as a pH, is determined by the concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) present. Blood is comprised of 55% blood plasma, of which at least 90% is water (Institute for Quality and...
Unstable emergency patients might experience different cardiac arrhythmias. A rarely seen arrhythmia is the p-wave asystole also mentioned ventricular asystole, ventricular standstill or third-degree...
In 1967, Dr JD Farrington, an orthopaedic surgeon at Lakeland Memorial Hospital in Wisconsin, published a paper entitled ‘Death in a Ditch’ (Farrington, 1967). He explained that the purpose of his...
There are three subtypes of acute altitude sickness: acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPE) and high-altitude cerebral oedema (HACE). Although these conditions occur for...
The Republic of Congo gained its independence on 15 August 1960. In 1997, a six month long civil war broke out. President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has been in power ever since..
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